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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is TONIGHT! Also if we can all start referring to me as Freya "Bodies" Marske so that Dan & I sound like we're some kind of literary crime family, that'd be grand.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

very good thread about a very good book. FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC: THE PORTAL FANTASY 🥺

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am OBSESSED with this book, it's soooo vicious and imaginative and satisfying 🔥

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Liz @lizbarr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Huge mistake to read a fantasy novel full of loving descriptions of food when I’m on a clear liquid diet, but Bodies of Magic by @freyamarske.bsky.social was brilliant, I cannot wait to reread it.

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Macey Levington @macey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it's bi visibility day! there are 237 days until BLOOD OF QUEENS hits the shelves! is it bi? is it queer? is it both of those and more? look, all I'm gonna say: Dani's no Lady, Matherin sure is a Prince, and Zivriel? well, Zivriel has two hands >:D

A graphic introducing the cover mockup of the book Blood of Queens by Macey Levington (a dark grey fake cover with white title text), surrounded by lighter grey tropes. These include: historical fantasy, disaster OT3, is it murder if they only die a little?, alt hist with a twist, be gay do crime, accidental death god Henry VIIIth, and stealing from necromancers is a deathly affair. There is a friendly waving skeleton. The novel is comped as 'Lies of Locke Lamora meets Gideon the Ninth by way of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.'

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gabliotecaria @gabliotecaria.northsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finished it over lunch and @freyamarske.bsky.social has outdone herself. A tour de force. I adore each one of these characters, absolute messes that they are, bless 'em 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I said what I said, I want to read so much more of this world, these characters 💖💖

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Auferre 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @auferre.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just finished @freyamarske.bsky.social's Bodies of Magic, which may be her best yet. (Given her previous books, that's saying a lot.) The first couple of chapters had me wondering if I'd be able to keep track of the characters. Instead I became so invested in them all I couldn't put it down.

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Arirangthelas⁷ 💜⊙⊝⊜ ⟭⟬E ARE B⟬⟭CK @athelas81.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fantastic! Beautifully plotted. Characters that I was rooting for so hard. A fantasy world that was not confusing despite it being so different and having so many invented words. Writing that had me inhabiting the world. I devoured this and adored it. I can't wait to read it again.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Canberra folks! I am having a launch event for Bodies of Magic NEXT WEEK with the wonderful Dan O'Malley. RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/freya-marske...

Information for the book launch of Bodies of Magic: Thursday 1st October, 6:00pm. FREYA MARSKE in conversation with Dan O'Malley, at Harry Hartog Tuggeranong. Open & Free to All.

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Catlinye Maker @catlinyemaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Boy, this was good! Terrific coming-of-age story/murder mystery with world building that I really, really liked. An academy at peak exam time featuring five students who all have their own compelling stories that are slowly revealed over the course of the novel. #booksky #fantasy #reading

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Sasha HC 🏳️‍🌈 @morecocoa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“Bodies of Magic,” the new @freyamarske.bsky.social Freya Marske #book is Magical Medical School Murder Mystery Friend Group with a Little Queer Longing as a Treat. It’s got lots of competence, snark, and puzzles. Plus some anti-capitalism and pro-unionism. I will definitely read it again soon.

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about BODIES OF MAGIC by Freya Marske. A medical magical mystery that draws you into the travails of young healers on the cusp of their careers. Queer, smart, enthralling fantasy. Our drink is the Lantern Night, frosty and refreshing!

BODIES OF MAGIC by Freya Marske alongside a blue-green-grey cocktail in brilliant late summer light.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bodies of Magic: OUT NOW! Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.) Buy US: bit.ly/BoM-US Buy UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK

A book cover for Bodies of Magic by Freya Markse. A deep blue building with a quadrangle, spires and cloisters fills the lower half of the cover with the title text in gold across it. Behind that, the upper background is grey and stormy with a prominent twisting white design that could be a bare tree rising up from the main tower OR an anatomical diagram of the lungs. Centered above the lung-tree are the words DO NO HARM in stark white. Honestly: a complete banger of a cover.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

brief pause from shouting about my book (out tomorrow) to shout about THIS book (also out tomorrow)! Jodi is an INCREDIBLE talent in romance and she keeps getting better. this one is funny and heartfelt and wonderful; it completely blew me away.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Last chance to read the first four chapters before the book's release tomorrow! This week: meet Jehan, for whom I really SHOULD have invented a fantasy vocab word for Le Messy Ex-Situationship.

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👻evenmorehauntedtoasters👻 @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Once again shouting about how this is probably Freya Marske's best work so far, and yes I have read EVERYTHING she's published and I stand by that. If you want you can read my full review over here but it's just a longer version of the paragraph above tbh pagebound.co/reviews/1516...

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Pagebound | Welcome home, reader 📚

Pagebound is your community to chat books, make friends, and discover new reads ✨

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

somehow we are only two days away from the release of this book?? it's pretty great. please buy it so my publishers agree to keep paying me to sit hunched in front of a screen making words.

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❄️ ash 🍎 @ashpomme.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(enters the room, limping) I finished Bodies of Magic... I savored it but still HAD to know how it ended so I finished it a bit more quickly than I wanted to.... @freyamarske.bsky.social @libro.fm thank you for the book, the opportunity and the ALC and I'll be weeping in the corner now thanks

5 star review of Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske on Storygraph. The tags are: emotional, hopeful, mysterious, medium-paced. It is a mix of plot and character-driven, has strong character development, lovable characters, diverse characters, and their flaws are a main focus.

"5 stars, 10 stars, a million stars, Freya Marske is a genius and never misses and this is her Magnum Opus. I'm sure she'll top it with her next.

Always mind the content warnings and keep yourself in mind. It's lovely though, and the message is clear- life is worth fighting for. If you don't like something, try and change it. Have hope. Do all you can, but rest too."

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you're a @freyamarske.bsky.social fan: this is her best book yet! If you aren't a Freya Marske fan: this is the book that'll make you one! 5 disaster-queers trying to pass exams in healing magic, solve a murder, and build futures they'd actually like to live in. It's FLAWLESS. buff.ly/zgk0QLE

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Indescribable, Unputdownable, Instant New Fave: Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske

A book that asks ‘what would a world with healing magic look like?’ via five disaster-queers!

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❄️ ash 🍎 @ashpomme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm F E R A L for #bodiesofmagic by @freyamarske.bsky.social ... thank you @libro.fm for the ALC for librarians I am deeply normal about this and you shouldn't regret giving me access to it nope. as an aside: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A thread of great books!! Honeytrap and The Sleeping Soldier are comfort reads for me, I've reread them both many many times. Aster's historical research is impeccable and the romantic chemistry is 🔥🔥

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Harmonyfb @harmonyfb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Almost finished with an ARC of "Bodies of Magic" by @freyamarske.bsky.social - I'm loving it. Imagine a medical school for magical healers, whose Grand Final exam is interrupted by a dead body. There's lots of medical theory, university politics, sexy sex, anxiety, grief, and ambiguity. #Booksky

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Bodies of Magic by @freyamarske.bsky.social is out soon: a magical, medical murder mystery set over 5 days, in which healing mages preparing for their final exam hit an unexpected challenge in the form of a murder... Great characters, writing, and layered ideas that work beautifully! #SFF 🪐📚💙

The cover of the book with an imposing college-like building with towers and spires in mid and dark blue, a white tree-like form in the shape of the airways of the lungs behind.

A green banner reading BookishSFF's 2026 watchlist: scifi fantasy horror and spec fic publishing

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Jennifer 📚🎧❣️ @jdawson001.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Working on my review for this fabulous book but I couldn't wait to tell you all how much I loved it. Preorder it today; you won't regret it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

September 1st is tomorrow which means it's practically already Halloween which means it's the PERFECT time to read chapter 3 of Bodies of Magic by @freyamarske.bsky.social and contend with the aftermath of your fellow mage's bloody demise:

reactormag.com

Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske: Chapter 3 - Reactor

Every mage with the healer’s gift has five years to prepare for the Academie's infamous Grand Exam…

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

And #BrisbaneIn2028 #MeanjinIn2028 is returned as the 2028 worldcon! This will be the last time I post this logo. It's been lovely! We will be #Aussiecon5!

First line Meanjin
Middle line In 2028
Third line Brisbane

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Emma Osborne 🍉 @redscribe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Worldcon fomo activated!!!

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I am going to write a classic golden age style murder mystery peopled entirely by characters named for the purported senders of my AI generated marketing scam emails

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 24/08/2026

I loved this book--it's a puzzle mystery where every character has one bit of the truth, and also they're all at each others throats bc obv they're disasters

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

my 2yo now won't let me read one of our fave bedtime books without pausing on the title/copyright page so she can point at the tiny publisher logo and proclaim "PENGUIN!". big publishing has her in its claws already.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Coming your way in 2027: 🏳️‍🌈⛸️🏳️‍🌈

A Publisher's Marketplace new deal announcement on a background with a very unsubtle rainbow and pair of ice skates!

THE OFFSEASON
By Freya Marske
Imprint: Putnam
Sunday Times-bestselling author Freya Marske's THE OFFSEASON, her first contemporary queer sports romance, pitched as for fans of HEATED RIVALRY and YURI ON ICE, in which a former figure skater who walked away from the sport returns home, where reconnecting with his infuriatingly gorgeous childhood rival, now the current national champion, reignites his passion for the ice-and more, to Ruoxi Chen at Putnam, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2027 (NA).
Translation: bc@bookscrossingborders.com, Film/TV: Katherine Curtis at New Leaf

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Coming your way in 2027: 🏳️‍🌈⛸️🏳️‍🌈

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

How about the assistant minister just fucks the fuck off.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The great folks at @reactorsff.bsky.social are putting up the first four chapters of Bodies of Magic, one a week until release! GO FORTH AND MEET MY TERRIBLE CHILDREN! This week: Moyna, who would like to be excluded from this narrative. (Tough luck, girl.)

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I am very excited to do a panel on this topic with Natasha, whose books I've loved for years! This should be a great online convention if you're into queer SFF.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I had to send a rather apologetic list of pronunciations to the audiobook production team, but me & my census data of French names from the 15th century ne regrettent rien!!

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

also obsessed with this and, as someone who just spent almost all of a "free day to write in" doing necessary errands and life admin, EQUALLY obsessed with the amount of books I could potentially write if I had the luxury of not doing my own groceries & cooking

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

hot tip: also works for deciding what your nom de plume's surname will be, when you have to make a snap decision after your first short story sale! (I didn't open a map so much as pester my genealogist mother for some good names of towns inhabited by Various Ancestors, but it worked regardless)

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 20/07/2026

/weeps in romance/

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Delighted to see Bodies of Magic on this list, along with several other serious threats to my TBR (haunted and sentient houses! new Tananarive Due!! let's goooooooo) 🔥

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

BODIES OF MAGIC, out Sept 2026: Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.) Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill. Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

[puts up dramatic thumbnail that says BREAKING MY SILENCE] it's true I do know what I did 💜💜💜💜💜

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

you've heard of 'bitches get riches', now enjoy: whiny babies get excommunicaties

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

do I read German? no. am I utterly obsessed with this art of Violet and Maud?? YES.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

everyone needs to allow me one (1) hour to feel smug about the fact that tonight my almost-2-year-old happily devoured a whole bowl of mapo tofu (the best winter food ever invented)

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

it's 7:40am I have been awake since 5am (thanks, timezones) and don't have to leave for the convention for another hour and a half, AMA* (*don't ask me if I should be using the time to finish my draft, the answer is yes and also shut up)

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

It's B&N preorder sale o'clock! Do consider BODIES OF MAGIC: perfect if you enjoy queer mess, murder mysteries, trauma flashbacks to finals week, or The Pitt's brand of competent, caring assholes having a horrible time. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bodies-of-...

a graphic of the cover of Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske, a dark blue academic building against a background of pale lungs. overlying text reads: B&N preorder sale - 25% off - code PREORDER25

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